A cyberattack on a financial institution in Asia last month featuring the Fog ransomware has made a splash among researchers and incident responders due to the unusual tools and tactics involved. Researchers at Symantec said the hackers used a legitimate employee monitoring software called Syteca — something they have never seen in a ransomware attack […]
Hyderabad: Two people from Hyderabad have been arrested on suspicion of acting as money mules for a cross-border cybercrime syndicate with links to Sri Lanka and Cambodia. The crime surfaced when cybercrime investigators in Chennai alerted deputy commissioner of police (DCP), Bengaluru Southeast, Sarah Fathima of a possible victim in the city. Upon investigation, Bengaluru police found that […]
OROVILLE, Calif. — A former Hilliard, Ohio, man who absconded during a federal child pornography probe, and was the latest fugitive to be profiled on the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) smartphone app, is in custody Monday after turning himself in to local authorities in California. Jeremiah Malfroid, 33, surrendered Saturday to the Butte […]
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Madhya Pradesh’s cyber cell, aided by Rajasthan’s specialist teams, has arrested two individuals who created a fake Facebook profile impersonating a senior Bhopal police official. The accused allegedly lured a minor to activate a SIM card, which was then used in fraud attempts. The plot, a combination of social media deception and SIM-based trickery, was […]
If you have an internet-connected camera inside your house or have been to a place with surveillance, you are in for a shock. According to security researchers, over 40,000 IoT security cameras have been hacked globally, with their footage available to stream through web browsers. The live feed siphoned off from these cameras includes private […]
Tonight, Know2Protect — the national campaign dedicated to combating child exploitation and online threats — will host a high-impact livestream event featuring Department of Homeland Security Special Agent Dennis Fetting and country music star John Rich. Together, they will discuss how families and communities can better protect children from online predators—and what steps we can […]
The LockBit ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation has netted around $2.3 million USD within 5 months, the data leak stemming from the May 2025 hack of a LockBit affiliate panel has revealed. From that sum, the operators took their 20% cut (approximately USD 456,000), and they additionally “earned” some $10,000-$11,000 USD from affiliates that registered through the […]
In a sweeping blow to global cybercrime, INTERPOL has announced the successful takedown of over 20,000 malicious IP addresses and domains linked to infostealer malware. This operation, dubbed “Operation Secure,” was conducted between January and April 2025, involving law enforcement agencies from 26 countries across Asia and beyond. The crackdown targeted 69 distinct strains of […]
Think tank perspective The R Street Institute’s Haimon Wong reflected on key aspects of the Trump EO, including elements on software security. Wong said, “Trump’s new cyber EO is a welcome move that signals an effort by the administration to treat cybersecurity as a core strategic and national security priority. In particular, it’s grounded in […]
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